Press Coverage – Dominance of Business-Lead Publishers In The Industry – Crash, June 1987
A very thoughtful article by Robin Candy (Crash, June 1987) in which he reviews the changing structure of the games software industry and compares the […]
History
BBC / Electron Mastertronic Checklist
While not as popular as the other 8-bit systems in the 1980s, Mastertronic still catered for Acorn’s BBC and Electron computers. Even though both were […]
Mastertronic’s Added Dimension (M.A.D) Checklist
Mastertronic’s Added Dimension (M.A.D) was Mastertronic’s first spin-off label. The range, priced at £2.99, was intended to promote games of a higher quality than the […]
Americana Checklist
Americana was one of the more unusual of Mastertronic’s labels. Publisher US Gold approached Mastertronic asking them to assist them in setting up a budget […]
Press Coverage – Whatever Happened To Richard Bielby? Crash Issue 39, April 1987
A very rare mention of Richard Bielby, the man who organised the teams of distributors in Mastertronic’s early years. As our distribution channels grew we […]
Press Coverage – Melbourne House Buyout, Amstrad Action, April 1987
The takeover of Melbourne House was big news (at least, it felt like to us.) Here is how Amstrad Action reported it, in April 1987. […]
Press Coverage – Beam Software Retrospective, Next Generation, September 1997
The magazine Next Generation published a retrospective on Beam Software, the Australian owners of Melbourne House (prior to its sale to Mastertronic), in the September […]
Press Coverage – Mastertronic Buys Melbourne House – Popular Computing Weekly, February 1987
No question about the story of the week for PCW.
Press Coverage – Mastertronic Pursues A Pirate – Popular Computing Weekly, 30th October 1986
Piracy was a problem for every business publishing software. Normally the concerns were about the ease with which tapes could be copied. Pinching the code […]
Press Coverage – Geoff Heath Joins Mastertronic – Popular Computing Weekly, 23rd October 1986
PCW, 23 October 1986, reports the appointment of Geoff Heath to a senior, but rather vague-sounding, position with Mastertronic. It also printed a picture of […]